[Summit] Elected School Committee?

[Amanda Woodward]

Excuse my naievety ...
What was the responsibility of the committee?
What is currently in place to carry out those responsibilities.  Does the mayor have a committee that he oversees?



----- Original Message ----
From: Art Norwalk <art at norwalkcom.com>
To: summit at sna.providence.ri.us
Sent: Friday, June 6, 2008 9:48:03 AM
Subject: [Summit] Elected School Committee?

While we're debating changing the City Council, what do we think 
about the idea being floated to elect the School Committee?

A bit of background: Providence had an elected School Committee until 
about 1970, when then-Mayor Joe Doorley argued successfully that the 
School Committee had no responsibility for taxes and if the Mayor was 
going to be responsible for raising the money he ought to have 
authority over the system.

-- Art


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